
Brazil Candidate Zema Took Phone Into Voting Booth
Romeu Zema took a phone into a Minas Gerais voting booth on 4 October. The Electoral Prosecutor's Office filed an...
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Romeu Zema took a phone into a Minas Gerais voting booth on 4 October. The Electoral Prosecutor's Office filed an...
October 4, 2026
Brazil election results: Flávio Bolsonaro 47.04%, Lula 45.15% with 99.96% counted. Neither passes 50%, so the runoff is on 25...
October 4, 2026
Brazil's Federal Police took 129 people to police stations by 3:10 p.m. on election day; Roraima raids seized about US$57,500...
October 4, 2026
Brazil's Federal Police opened a preliminary inquiry into possible US interference over a reported US$1 million grant. No suspect or...
October 4, 2026
Brazil's electoral prosecutors asked the TSE to make Meta stop a fake ballot video spreading on WhatsApp at election time...
October 4, 2026
Brazil election day: 158.7 million eligible voters, long queues in São Paulo and Rio, 1,544 voting machines swapped and no...
October 4, 2026
Brazil overseas vote: Flávio Bolsonaro won Japan and Lula led Berlin and Porto, while Revista Fórum’s 2022 comparisons show Lula...
October 4, 2026
Jão plays Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasília on 12 December 2026, with tickets from about US$25 to US$190 via Eventim...
October 4, 2026
Sorriso Maroto brings its pagode tour to Brasília on 5 December 2026. Tickets are sold through Ingresse; prices are not...
October 4, 2026